Kattiera Nana I think this is a new genre that they're all sort of working their way through it and haven't got all the kinks worked out yet but it's a genre that works for me.

Micitype Pretty Good

Console best movie i've ever seen.

Nayan Gough A great movie, one of the best of this year. There was a bit of confusion at one point in the plot, but nothing serious.

weezeralfalfa Can't recommend this movie, although it starts out pleasantly, with some fun horsing around and conversations. Richard Boone does make a forceful, charismatic, if none too smart, leader of his little bandit gang of 3. Arthur Hunnicutt, as usual, does make a charismatic laid back hillbilly, during the brief time he's in the story. But most everyone of the main characters, except Randy(as Brennan) seems incredibly stupid, pathologically murderous and/or weak and cowardly. Even Brennan does a stupid thing in losing his horse in a bet out on the range, thus forcing him to walk many miles home, resulting in his encounters with the remainder of the sorry main characters.The wealthy heiress-to-be newly wed Doretta(Maureen O'Sullivan) is not so plain to my eyes that she need have grabbed the first gold digger who came along in handsome Mims. I don't know how old Doretta was supposed to be, but Maureen was nearly 50, thus we can't expect her to be too fresh faced. However, as Randy was only a decade older, she does make for a more credible possible romantic partner for Randy than the younger women who usually played the leading lady in his prior films.It appears that this is Doretta's first marriage, thus presumably, she has spent her life as big daddy's spoiled daughter: not the most appealing nor spirited damsel for Scott to rescue. Her new husband, Mims, is revealed as an incredibly cowardly dim wit in telling the bandits that his bride's father is very wealthy, hence they might as well demand a big ransom for the bride's release!(hoping this will redeem himself in the eyes of the bandits and thus spare him from their murderous inclination).Why didn't the bandits just hold up the stage in some lonely spot instead of killing the way station manager and his small boy, and throwing their bodies down the well, of all places?! Now, they will be hunted down as brutal murderers, not just highwaymen. The bandits should have demanded that the ransom money be brought to them, or that they, as a group, meet somewhere else to exchange money for hostage. By spitting up between guarding the hostages(Doretta and Brennan) and going for the money, they weakened their strength in both endeavors and risked the suspicion that the one going for the money might run off with it all. Even more unbelievable, Billy Jack, the now lone guardian of the two hostages, is talked into trying to rape Doretta, by an unbound Brennan!! Chink supposedly hears the shot that killed Billy Jack, even though he should have been miles away by then, to check on Frank and the money! And, if Frank had not taken an unexplained liking to Brennan, sparing him as a potential savior of Doretta, we wouldn't have any story at all! Yes, this little murderous bandit gang is even more dim witted than the unrealistically suggestion-prone Hammond brothers, in Randy's last film: "Ride the High Country"I like the several other Boetticher-directed westerns starring Randy I've seen better than this implausible tale. It could also use a more telling title.

LeonLouisRicci The second of the seven Boetticher/Scott Westerns is another excellent and welcomed addition to the glut of mostly unremarkable Fifties Westerns. In fact, one could cull the herd to this...all of the Anthony Mann, Budd Boetticher Films and a dash of John Ford for contrast. That would be about the best of the best. With a few exceptions, the rest are Time-Passers, Fillers and Posers.Anyway, this is considered by most the best of the Bott/Scott Movies, but that is completely subjective because they are all equal as well as eloquent. Characters that have depth and chiseled personalities firing up the Screen with Dialog that snaps, most of them Written by Burt Kennedy.Here is a tense, taut, terrifying treatise on the importance of Home, belonging, Companionship, and Honor and it is all done with a restrained Machismo from the "Hero" and brutality and betrayal from the "Villains". The above mentioned Movies are Dialog and Philosophically driven against powerful Landscapes that more often than not become encroaching entrapments that tighten as the tension unfolds.We see here two Face-Offs that must have had the Hays Code Consideration raising eyebrows. Add to that the Off-Screen killings that linger in the mind of the Viewer and certainly clearly separated, without ambiguity, the Moral Divide between the chosen paths of Participants.

moonspinner55 Former cowboy-turned-rancher Randolph Scott loses his horse in a bet and hitches a ride back home with a private coach carrying the daughter of a wealthy businessman and her sniveling new husband; of course they run afoul of bloodthirsty crooks who, upon learning of the woman's background, hold the travelers for ransom. Revered western director Budd Boetticher, working from a script by Burt Kennedy via Elmore Leonard's original story, creates great tension and excitement during the suspenseful final stages. Unfortunately, Boetticher and Kennedy get the picture off to an ugly start with the murder (off screen) of an innocent widower and his little boy--and also a friendly coach driver--their bodies ditched in a well. There is nothing more despicable than introducing characters simply as an excuse to have story-victims...and just because Boetticher doesn't show their killings doesn't make him more noble. These people never even get a chance to defend themselves, to fight back, and nobody mentions them again. Scott, alternately smiling and scowling, is a contemplative hero, and magnetic Richard Boone gets to display different shades to his gang-leader. Still, the film is unapologetic in the worst way; it's brutal all right, but the indifference of the general handling is tough to shake off. **1/2 from ****

Michael O'Keefe THE TALL T is one of seven films that Randolph Scott stars for director Budd Boetticher. Scott plays Pat Brennan, a former ranch foreman that loses his horse on a bet he could ride a rough bull. He is picked up in the desert by a stagecoach carrying newlyweds Maureen O'Sullivan and John Hubbard. The stage driver(Arthur Hunnicutt)is shot during a high-jacking by a ruthless bandit(Richard Boone)and his two henchmen(Henry Silva and Skip Homeier). The cowardly new husband is easier to dislike than the three bandits holding them captive at a stagecoach station. Some wait and see tension dominates until some rapid fire bloodshed ends the film. There is question as to the meaning of the title THE TALL T that doesn't seem to be real explanatory in the script. Nonetheless well worth watching. Especially for Scott fans.